Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them. Verse ConceptsFoundationsEarth, Belonging To GodDust, Figurative UseGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPrincesThroneGloryGod And The PoorMetaphorical PillarsGod Lifting PeopleRubbishGod Helps The PoorThe poordust


Let his sons be vagabonds, and beg, and let them seek out of their desolate places. Verse ConceptsBeggingDestitutesBeggarsRestlessness


And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg. Verse ConceptsDestitutesBeggarsLordship, Human And DivinePoverty, Causes OfBeggingWorldly DilemmasExcavationSoliloquyShame Of Bad ConductWithout StrengthDeposingMoney Management

Let his sons be vagabonds, and beg, and let them seek out of their desolate places. Verse ConceptsBeggingDestitutesBeggarsRestlessness







so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man. Verse ConceptsBanditsIdleness Leads ToSloth, Leads ToAvoiding Povertyrelaxation


The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets. Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth





The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets. Verse ConceptsExcusesIdlenessRoadsSluggardsLazinessProcrastinationSlothfulnessIn Danger From Lionscrusadessloth

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway. Verse ConceptsHighwayIdlenessSluggardsThornsTroubleProcrastinationHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth


I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down. Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: read more.
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. There is he who covets greedily all the day long, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.

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The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.



Out of the chamber [of the south] comes the storm, and cold out of the north. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes

He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold? Verse ConceptsCold, Figurative UseCrumbsCold Weather



And the feast of the dedication happened at Jerusalem, and it was winter. Verse ConceptsFeastingMonthWinterRestoring ThingsArt Of CelebratingDedicationCelebrationcelebrating